Hi,
Im thinking of buying M-Audio's Firewire Solo to use with my laptop as a mobile setup, however the laptop only has USB sockets. Im wondering if anybody has succsessfully used a FW to USB conversion jack in this type of situation
regards
Derm
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Thanks for the input Jon, It doesnt seem like a good idea to me
Thanks for the input Jon,
It doesnt seem like a good idea to me, but my brother says he has such a conversion jack that has worked sucessfully in other situations. I dont want to spring for the firewire unit and then discover it wont work this way, as you can imagine. The laptop is also a few years old and I dont fancy investing in a modification.
Derm
your laptop likely has usb1.1 (being that its older). your hard
your laptop likely has usb1.1 (being that its older). your hardware that is using firewire is going to require a lot more bandwidth than usb1.1 could offer anyhow... that is why there is usb2.0... regardless of the valid reasons posted b4, you couldn't use a firewire jack into a usb due to the speed difference... which is something like 40x
Derm: Your best bet would to just buy a firewire cardbus and us
Derm:
Your best bet would to just buy a firewire cardbus and use it for firewire slots. I had this problem with a USB external hardrive and it wouldn't playback the audio fast enough so I ended up buying a firewire drive like a month later. I haven't had a problem with audio playback since. Just buy a cardbus and you should be okay with slots. Check out CompUSA, Circuit City or BestBuy.
I'm no computer tech, but I don't think it will work for you. US
I'm no computer tech, but I don't think it will work for you. USB and firewire each have their own protocols, each require dedicated hardware, drivers, controllers, etc...
I use firewire a lot with my setup and can appreiate why it's better than USB for audio (hot swapping drives, better transfer rates). You might want to ask a tech if there's a possibility of installing a firewire card (maybe the USB is a discrete card rather than built into the mobo). Good luck.